Hut site in Rathtrim

Situated on gentle NE-facing slope near the top of a gently rising, yet prominent hill. Within the interior of ringfort (WM018-049----) and described in 1970 as the remains of three irregular-shaped house sites enclosed by grass-covered banks of earth and stone. A roughly rectangular-shaped house site (dims. 7.6m NE-SW; 4.3m NW-SE) enclosed by the grass-covered foundations (Wth 1.4m) of large stones, adjoins the inner bank within the NW quadrant. The house site bank retains a good deal of internal and external stone facing. It has disturbance breaches with a definite gap in the SE side, which may represent an entrance. A small, roughly rectangular house site enclosed by a grass-covered bank adjoins the inner bank within the W quadrant and adjoins the first hut site to SE. A third, subtriangular-shaped house site adjoins the inner bank of the ringfort in the SW quadrant, where it also adjoins the second house site to SE. See attached sketch plan of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 04 February 2019